Antonyms for variance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : vair-ee-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛər i əns


Definition of variance

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "fact of undergoing change," from Old French variance, from Latin variantia, from variare "to change" (see vary). Meaning "state of disagreement" is recorded from early 15c. The U.S. zoning sense of "official dispensation from a building regulation" is recorded from 1925.
  • noun difference
Example sentences :
  • We have exacted from him what is at variance with the fixed Chinese policy of ages.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She and his father had been at variance from his earliest remembrance.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I have reason to curse those interests; they are for ever at variance with mine.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He was in no hurry, however; he did not love her then, since he could be satisfied to live at variance with her.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • She had gone to bed angry with Pascal; they were at variance with each other.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • This opinion, however, is at variance with the statements of Phrantzes and Gerlach.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • The ideal is not easily reduced to the conditions of actual life, and may often be at variance with them.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • But to suppose this would be at variance with Plato himself and with Greek notions generally.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • These two important provinces seem so often to be at variance.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • But the admission of the pre-existence of ideas, and therefore of the soul, is at variance with this.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

Synonyms for variance

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